Mushroom Tesselation

Mushroom Tesselation

  Name Mushroom Tessellation Medium Quilt Art Description For years I had watched the Fast Friday posts and was inspired to create an entry in June 2010 when the challenge was to create a tessellation.   This mushroom piece was my first attempt at a tessellation.  However, the joke was on me.  When I tried to post it, I discovered that it was a ‘closed’ group!  Oh well, I now have a table mat or possibly even a journal quilt!...

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Mini-book Photo Journal

Mini-book Photo Journal

For valentines day I created a handmade mini-book photo journal for my husband.   I decided that, as it would be an ongoing project, I would not use ‘valentine’ colours but went for a classy black and gold combo inspired by some leftover wrapping paper.  The concept for the book was something I found on the Scrap Girls blog and I’ve included the link for the tutorial for my inspiration. I modified the instructions for my own...

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Art Website Development – Long Hours and Tedious Work

Art Website Development – Long Hours and Tedious Work

Has anyone noticed my absence? For the past ten days I have been nose-to-grindstone doing the slug-work of cleaning up a blog that was moved from Blogger to a WordPress template and from there into a new ‘made for all gadgets’ template that magically transforms my art website from computer screen to tablet to smart phone format. That involved editing every post and re-entering all the photos so they would be resident on the site...

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Crochet and Bead Bracelet

Crochet and Bead Bracelet

  Name Crochet and Bead Bracelet Description While visiting the North Ranch Escapees Park near Congress, AZ, Cathy, a friend and one of the sparkplugs behind the North Ranch Beaders group, challenged me to experiment with combining beads and crochet.  For this bracelet, and later a necklace, I used pearl cotton from my stash and some beads that I knew I wouldn’t otherwise use (because I didn’t know what I would end up with) and...

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Beaded Cabochon Necklace 1

Beaded Cabochon Necklace 1

Name Beaded Cabochon Necklace 1 Description While in Quartzsite I picked up several pieces that I thought would make a good base for beaded cabochons.  This fused-glass one is the first one I have completed,  I love the vibrant colours.  I left the back of the cabochon exposed so that the glass could catch the light from time to time.  A coordinated bead chain was created for this piece. Size Approximately 23″ or 58 cm plus 3 in or 7 cm...

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Bead Necklace 3 – Netted Beading

Bead Necklace 3 – Netted Beading

Name Bead Necklace 3 – Netted Beads Description While surfing the net one fine August day, I spotted a Bead-Along challenge on the Bead Daily website and loved the pattern they had chosen for the challenge.  Sorting through my stash I found some chips that provided a very textured surface in the finished piece.  Many of the other participants chose to use more ‘sparkly’ or traditional beads but I decided to stay with my...

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Bead Necklace 4 – Polyclay Beads

Bead Necklace 4 – Polyclay Beads

  Name Bead Necklace 4 – Polyclay Beads Description This is one of the pieces that I created while at North Ranch, the Arizona Escapees Park near Congress. The gals there were very much a part of my entry into the world of beading One Saturday I was introduced to making beads with polyclay by a sub-group of the beading group.  I’m hooked!  One of the participants gave me a piece of a cane she had previously made and that was...

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Bead Bracelet 9

Bead Bracelet 9

  Name Bead Bracelet 9 Description This is one of a series of bracelets that I created while at North Ranch, the Arizona Escapees Park near Congress. The gals there were very much a part of my entry into the world of beading. Each was based on a ‘beginner’ pattern provided to me, and then embellished or reworked to make it more ‘my own’. I’m not known for being a great ‘pattern follower’! I loved...

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Bead Bracelet 8

Bead Bracelet 8

  Name Bead Bracelet 8 Description This is one of a series of bracelets that I created while at North Ranch, the Arizona Escapees Park near Congress. The gals there were very much a part of my entry into the world of beading. Each was based on a ‘beginner’ pattern provided to me, and then embellished or reworked to make it more ‘my own’. I’m not known for being a great ‘pattern follower’! This...

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